phusis
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| How do you high pass your main speakers? Re: the OP and his sealed ATC SCM19 main speaker design with its huge magnet, large 3" and underhung voice coil SL-woofer, the distortion numbers here are already quite low up through the midrange, and my previous "leave it as it is"-answer (i.e.:... | |
| cheapest speaker made in the last 10 year that can beat any speaker made before 1970? @realworldaudio wrote: > Yes, it’s technology, but the development with speakers is not comparable to development in computer tech. With loudspeakers, Western Electric has already achieved very high sound quality in the 1930s, and that herita... | |
| What was the craziest location that you made an audio purchase from? Once drove to Poland from Denmark and back with a friend to buy a pair of speakers, only to realize when we arrived that they didn't live up to my expectations. Not an easy decision to make on the spot, but we still had a great trip on our ~950 mi... | |
| How do you high pass your main speakers? @tony1954 wrote: Actually my MiniDSP crossover is set to 80Hz for the subs so there would be a redundancy of frequencies from that 80Hz threshold and where the ATC's roll off around 54Hz. Perhaps it might be best to just tweak the crossover po... | |
| Top two most important sound qualities @bdp24 wrote: As for "hi-fi effects", it is image size and scale. Most loudspeakers sound comically "small" to me, the image of a grand piano, for example, being reduced to a miniature of it’s actual size. It’s like watching a movie on your iPho... | |
| Your experience of moving to two subs @gladmo wrote: Hi all, I have a 2.1 system with the sub sounding best in the center between the loudspeakers. My speakers have substantial, deep, and detailed bass for their size and with the SS amp I’ve chosen. Thus, the sub’s optimal crossover... | |
| How do you high pass your main speakers? @tony1954 wrote: I have been very happy with the distributed bass array I added to my system, but from what I hear, the optimum method of integration is to high pass the main speakers. Two questions: 1. What are my options for accomplishing th... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @mitch2 wrote: Can speakers that are great at dynamics and drive also excel at detail and nuance? Why wouldn't they? Or is it that when excelling at "dynamics and drive," certainly among a range of speakers that fare well here, there are aspec... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? @ditusa wrote: No expert here. The most significant speaker criteria for me would be dynamics, dynamic contrast, and low distortion. As a HiFi enthusiast the speaker specifications I look at are: 1) power linearity: 2) efficiency: 3) dispersi... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? @grislybutter wrote: I am curious how the experts choose speakers when upgrading? What are the priorities, what would make you stretch your budget? Based on e.g.... brand/company’s reputation price sensitivity crossover frequency compati... | |
| Is it time that Klipsch Heritage marketing a subwoofer? A subwoofer offered from the Klipsch Heritage line would be an interesting addition. It’d definitely need to be horn-loaded in some variation (both with regard to the need for very high efficiency as well as the specific sonic imprinting of horn-l... | |
| Demise of bass quality in Main speakers @akg_ca wrote: Ignoring the basic physics that a larger driver can go deeper, quality crisp bass slam and dynamics in bass reproduction has minimal to do with driver size. Rather it’s about the speed of the driver. A larger driver in itself do... | |
| Speakers and amplifiers show audiophiles are confused. @donavabdear wrote: so I spoke to Dave an engineer from Bryson unfortunately they didn’t have their powered systems here so we talked about powered speakers and active crossovers he fully agreed that’s how high end systems should be designed. He... | |
| We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often @ditusa -- Very good article by Floyd E. Toole - thank you :) | |
| We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often @erik_squires wrote: At some point significantly below Xmax I believe there begins to appear evidence of compression, both within the FR and distortion. In addition to thermal issues this would only stress the importance of headroom, and also ... |